Characters

A former bank robber from the East Coast who's got a sweetheart deal with the FIB.

A sleazy, trailer park criminal, and Michael's best friend.

From South Los Santos, Franklin is an ex-street gangster.

With Grand Theft Auto V, Rockstar has included three playable characters, which can be switched between at any time when off-mission. When not playing as a character, they'll go about their daily lives doing their own thing. Some missions in GTA V will require just one character, some will be two, and some will include all three characters. You may get the option to switch between them when playing a mission with more than one, whereas sometimes it will be mandatory to switch. Having multiple playable characters plays an important role in mission structure and helps to improve upon the gameplay established in previous games.

"Players will experience missions as different combinations of the three characters, and each will have a different skillset. For example, in one heist mission, Michael rappels down the side of a building while Franklin uses a sniper rifle from afar and Trevor flies in a helicopter above. Players can switch back and forth between Michael grabbing a target inside the building or Franklin trying to snipe enemies inside. Once you escape, the player can choose to fly the getaway helicopter as Trevor, snipe other pilots as Franklin or fire a gun from the back of the vehicle as Michael."